A PLANNED $30 million expansion is likely to result in 400 residents living at the Border's biggest aged care village by 2020.
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Westmont Aged Care at Baranduda, which offers a variety of accommodation from nursing home to independent living, will fill out its 16-hectare site under the plan.
The number of apartments, which provide assisted living, will grow from 40 to 80, while two and three-bedroom for autonomous residents will go from 50 to 122.
Westmont chief executive Peter de Koeyer said the development would be complete by 2020 and there would be no further additions to the Baranduda site which was a paddock when taken over in 2008.
"We'll have between 370 and 400 on-site and that's a good-sized community," Mr de Koeyer said.
"It's a village in its own right, it's got communal activities with a men's shed, a community garden and a bowling green."
Westmont, which was formed through the merger of the Vermont Court and Westlands aged care operations, has an existing valuation of $45 million.
Mr de Koeyer said the average age of residents was mid to late 70s with growth fuelled by the ageing demographic and the variety of care offered.
"Others (on the Border) specialise in particular areas, we have four specialities," Mr de Koeyer said.
"We've got residential aged care, assisted living, an independent living village and community care."
Mr de Koeyer said there was a six to nine-month wait for aged care and while the village had 40 apartments there was 60 on the waiting list for that accommodation.
He said Westmont was seeking to build a new complex to cater for the continuing demand beyond the Baranduda expansion but would not be seeking a partner or a merger.
"We're stand alone and we're looking to grow our own operation under the governance model we've currently got," Mr de Koeyer said.
The enlargement won the backing of Wodonga Council earlier this month with councillor Mark Byatt applauding Westmont's social and economic value.
"Right now the facility only has only five blocks available to build on...by Christmas this year Westmont will have 50 homes completed, the majority with residents," Cr Byatt said.
"Westmont currently has an estimated 200 residents on the site and...employs in excess of 220 people on their payroll, by any stretch of the imagination this is a great service and a great outcome for our community."
Wheels at Westmont, an open day featuring motorbikes and custom and antique cars, will be held from 10am to 2pm on Saturday.
